Thanks for making us aware how evil this company actual is.

For the most part I am happy with Kickstarter. I've backed over 140 project and many of them have been delayed for whatever reason. I can accept the delays based on additional research needed and complexity issues. But don't be giving me BS excuses why your project failed. One of project creators from a project I backed stated that he was going through foreclosure and that he dissolved his business and was unable to provide incentives. He noted when things got better that he would provide the incentives. Over a year goes by and no word, so I start doing more research. I found out that guy was not foreclosed on and that he was still in business. I posted relevant links for the other backers. These links came from Redfin, county assessor property records, and the Secretary of state showing that his business was in good standing.

The project creator was floored and accused me stalking him. He reported the post to Kickstarter who promptly removed the post. When I inquired to Kickstater on why they removed the links that were pertinent to the project, after all it was the project creator that said he was foreclosued on and went out of business, I got the following response:

"You can feel free to voice your opinions about the creator's situation, and even feel free to mention what you discovered based on your search. But to post links to personal information about the creator crosses a line. I think that if you inform your fellow backers about what you discovered and how you found it, you're still getting the same message across without posting links to that information. The other backers can then choose to seek out that same information if they wish on their own."

One month goes by with no updates and just yesterday I went ahead and posted another comment and this time I did not use links. Instead I explained how I was able to find information that what the project creator was stating was bogus. And guess what? The project creator was able to have Kickstarter comment removed as well.

I find it very disturbing that Kickstarter is not allowing for project transparency by deleting posts showing how the project creator is being disingenuous and and not upfront with his backers. And why Kickstarter is conspiring to protect him is beyond me.